About

Built in Etobicoke. Designed for growth.

A one-person studio that treats your website like it belongs to a real business — because it does.

Our story

A studio born from a real gap

DCSWebWorks is a one-person studio. Founder Sam Carnat kept meeting Etobicoke businesses priced out of a decent website, so he built the opposite: modern design, clean code and honest support, at a number a small business can actually say yes to.

Hand-written code behind a custom small business website
The difference

What makes us different

01

AI-accelerated, still custom

We use AI to speed up drafts and copy, then design and code the real thing by hand. Faster and cheaper, without the template look.

02

Built to convert

Clear calls to action, mobile-first layouts and Core Web Vitals we actually measure.

03

Maintenance you can hold us to

Tiered response times from six hours, plus scheduled updates, backups and uptime monitoring.

04

A partner, not a vendor

Strategy, branding input and analytics training, with 30 days of free support after launch.

Why we exist

The numbers behind the gap

71%

of small businesses say a weak website holds back their growth

98%

of Ontario businesses are small firms — our people

58%

of Canadian SMBs now use AI, up from 32% in 2020

43%

of the web runs on WordPress, and most of it looks like it

How we compare

Where we sit in the market

 DIY builderLarge agencyDCSWebWorks
Fully custom design
Fixed, transparent pricing
Built and tested mobile-first
Ongoing maintenance included
You talk to the person building it
How we work

From first call to launch day

We are a fully remote studio. You get a shared portal for milestones, files and messages, so you always know exactly where your project stands.

  1. 1
    Discovery

    A short questionnaire about your goals and audience.

  2. 2
    Kickoff call

    A video call to lock down objectives and scope.

  3. 3
    Client portal

    One place for milestones, files and messages.

  4. 4
    Design review

    You comment directly on the mockups.

  5. 5
    Launch & handoff

    Live site, tutorial video and a written guide.

Want to see what that looks like for you?

Tell us about your business and we will send back a plan and a fixed price.

Get in touch